MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527098679 A) filed by Mediatek Inc. on October 13, 2025, for Methods And Apparatus Of Intra Merge Mode For Decoder Side Intra Mode Derivation.

Inventors include Chiang, Man-Shu; Tseng, Hsin-Yi; Chuang, Cheng-Yen; Hsu, Chih-Wei; Chen, Ching-Yeh; Chuang, Tzu-Der; and Chen, Hong-Hui.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed. According to this method, input data associated with a current block is received, wherein the input data comprises pixel data to be encoded at an encoder side or data associated with the current block to be decoded at a decoder side. Inheritance information is obtained from a merge candidate list or from at least one merge candidate, wherein the inheritance information is according to histogram or the inheritance information comprises at least one intra prediction mode, whether to apply fusion or not, or both. Target prediction is generated for the current block by using the inheritance information. The current block is encoded or decoded by using the target prediction.

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